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(No Model.)

0. LIGHTBODY. ELECTRICAL ATOMIZER.

Patented Feb. 23, 1892.

UNITED, STATES PATENT OFFICE.

COLIN LIGHTBODY, OF BROOKLYN, NElV YORK.

ELECTRICAL ATOMIZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 469,481, dated February 23, 1892.

Application filed April 10, 1891. Serial No. 388,36 (No model.)

To atZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, COLIN LIGHTBODY, of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful ImprovementinElectricalAtomizers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in electrical atomizers in which an electric motor becomes energized under the impulse of a movable part, and thereby compresses the air in a tank containing a suitable disinfectant or perfumery, causing the same to be ejected in the form of spray.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a View of the apparatus in side elevation, and Fig. 2 is a sectional view in detail of the tube through which the disinfectant or perfumery is ejected.

I have shown in the present instance the.

atomizer located within the casing, which ordinarily surrounds the bowl of a water-closet, and it is intended that there shall be a suitable opening opposite the ejecting-tube to allow the disinfectant to be thrown into the air of the closet outside of such casing. While this is a convenient location for the atomizer, it is obvious that it might be located upon a shelf or other suitable support in such part of the closet as may be found desirable.

A represents the bowl of the closet; B, the seat, which is so secured as to have a yield: ing movement toward the bowl, and is held normally away from it by means of any suitable spraying device. (Not shown herein.)

0 represents a suitable frame or supporting block, on or in which is journaled the crankshaft c, having fixed thereon a drive-wheel D. The drive-wheel D is in the present instance shown as a band-wheel, and is connected with a pulley cl on the shaft of an electric motor,

which is herein shown conventionally at E,

and may be of any well-known or suitable form and size adapted to the purpose. The power for the motor E is supplied by means of a galvanic battery (indicated at F) and provided with binding-posts f and f for the attachment thereto of wires G and g, leading from the opposite poles of the battery. One of the wires 9 leads to the motor E, and thence to a contact-piece H, fixed to the casing which surrounds the bowl A and in positionto engage a corresponding contacting-piece h, fixed to the edge of the seat B when the latter is depressed. A belt 01' connects the pulley on the motor-shaft with the drive-wheel D.

The air-pump is shown conventionally at 1, its piston being operated by a rod 2', which connects it with the crank on the shaft 0. A flexible pipe K leads from the compressionchamber t" of the air-pump to the nipple Z on the stock Z of the ejecting-tube L. The stock Z is provided with an inner chamber Z in communication with the opening through the nipple Z, and also in communication with the interior tank M through the tapered nozzle Z A prolongation l of the ejecting-tube L extends from the upper portion of the chamber Z downwardly through the opening in the nozzle Z to a point near the bottom of the tank M. There is sufficient space between the prolongation'l and the interior wall of the nozzle Z to allow the airwhich enters the chamber Z through the pipe K and nipple Z to escape freely into the upper portion of the,

tank M.

The tank M is provided with a neck m, adapted to receive the nozzle Z and is also provided with a safety-valve m to relieve the air from the upper portion of the tank M when the pressure becomes too great. It is intended that the liquid in the tank shall be kept at a height above the lower end of the tube Z and its reduction to a point below the tube will become known by the failure of the tube to eject any spray. The tank M may be made of any suitable size or shape, the preferred form being that which, together with the support 0, battery F, and motor E, will form a compact assemblage of parts, so as to be conveniently housed in the desired position. From the above it will be seen that when the seat B is pressed downwardly toward the bowl A it will bring the contact-piece it into engagement with the contact-piece H, thereby closing circuit and energizing the motor E. This will set the air-pump in operation, compress ing the air within the chamber 2', and hence through the pipe K above the liquid in the tank M, and so forcing the liquid up through the tube Z and L out into the air of the closet.

This action will continue as long as the seat B is compressed and will cease when pressure upon it is removed, because of its return to its normal position, thereby throwing the contact-pieces h and H out of engagement.

What I claim is 1. In combination, an atomizer, an air-pump connected with the atomizer, an electric motor connected with the air-pump, a movable seat for a watercloset, and an electric circuit under the control of the movable seat to energize the motor and thereby operate the airpump and cause the atomizer to eject fluid, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a tank for containing a fluid to be ejected and an ejecting-tube leading from near the bottom of the tank to a point Without the tank, an air-pump in communication with theinterior of the tank above the liquid therein, a movable seat, and an electric current under the control of the movable seat for operating the air-pump, substantially as set forth.

3. In combination, a tank forcontaining the fluid to be ejected, an ejecting-tube leadingfrom a point near the bottom of the tank to a point Without it, an air-pump in communication with the interior of the tank above the liquid therein, a safety-valve in connection with the tank, an electric motor for operat ing the air-pump, a movable seat, and an electric circuit under the control of the movableseat to energize the motor, substantially as set forth.

COLIN LIGHTBODY. Witnesses: FREDK. HAYNES, GEORGE BARRY. 

